Jim Smith, chief executive, said the
group was "in year two of a two-year turnround" in its largest
division, financial and risk, and was entering 2013 in a more
confident mood.
Staffing in financial institutions was "hardly robust", he said,
"but it does seem more stable than it seemed at this time last
year."

After a disappointing 2010 launch of the Eikon financial data
product with which it hoped to replace old Thomson Financial and
Reuters terminals, recent upgrades had
led to
improving retention rates and sales trends, Mr Smith said.

"When we started last year we were [adding] 200 [Eikon] customers
a week. In December it was 2,000 a week.," he said, adding that
Eikon desktops had risen by 33 per cent to 33,900 over the fourth
quarter and were now over 40,000.

That success means that "legacy" porducts have to be retired.

Meanwhile, over at Bloomberg, things are looking bright. the
company plans to hire 500 more after posting a revenue $7.9
billion, a 4.5% increase.